Family Of First Black Driver To Win NASCAR Race Requests Formal Trophy (via NESN)
After Wendell Scott crossed the finish line first at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1963, he got his winner’s check, but not his trophy.
Scott, the first black driver to win a NASCAR race, was not announced to the crowd as the winner due to a multitude of rationalizations and justifications, but ultimately it came down to his race. Buck Baker, a white driver, was declared the winner, with Scott quietly acknowledged as the actual winner hours later after fans had exited the property., Scott’s family is requesting a formal ceremony and recognition for an underappreciated barrier-breaker in sports.
Scott is the only African-American driver to win a race at NASCAR’s top level and one of only two, along with Bubba Wallace, to win a race in a NASCAR national series event.Have a question for Ben Watanabe? Send it to him at
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